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as always. the week was a week of notableness not only on the local, national, and international scenes... but also in the galaxy.

Locally


Local movie makers will be shooting a 48 film festival starting Friday May 4th

Date: Friday, May 4th
Time: teams arrive by 5:30pm
Place: Lir Irish Pub & Restaurant, 903 Boylston St
MBTA: Green Line to Hynes/ICA
Notes: Teams arrive at 5:30pm and can leave by 7pm. You must have someone present to draw the genre for your film. Please limit total attendees to two people.

Josh DOlby (demonstration specialist at webex burlington will be participating) Best of luck to Dolby and his crack team of visionaries.


Chavez threatens to nationalize banks!

"Private banks have to give priority to financing the industrial sectors of Venezuela at low cost," Chavez said. "If banks don't agree with this, it's better that they go, that they turn over the banks to me, that we nationalize them and get all the banks to work for the development of the country and not to speculate and produce huge profits."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070503/D8OT4O100.html

Spotfire Inc. of somerville has been bought by Tibco

"Today's front-line decision makers want not only unparalleled access to business-critical information but also a broader, clearer view of how that data relates to processes," said Spotfire CEO Christopher Ahlberg in a statement. "By bolstering our platform with TIBCO's real-time infrastructure, we can deliver a responsive and user-friendly environment for businesses to discover new insights, make better decisions and take action. This combination provides the information advantage that is a prerequisite to the competitive

National:

Near and dear friends on the pharcyde ELASTIC ILLUSION http://elasticillusion.com/ have been featured on CRUXY's www.cruxy.com front page!! BOOM SNAP!

Solar System News: Vesak (Buddha Day)

Vesak is the birthday of the Buddha and the most important festival in Buddhism. On the first full moon day in May, Buddhists all over the world celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha in a single day. The name "Vesak" comes from the Indian month of that name in which it is held.

I spent the evening on the beach in Salem and in Marblehead soaking in the big byootiful moon rays. I had a revelation while looking up at the sky thinking... I understand why so many stories evolved about the stars and how humans minues televisions spent their evenings creating elaborate stories superimposing themselves and heros of their day onto those stars. It was the most popular blog/tv/cable show for the first 1.99millions years of human life. The simpsons dont have nothin on the starry starry sky.